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House reauthorizes Surface Transportation Board until 2020
(Source: The Hill, December 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House approved legislation on Thursday to reauthorize the panel of federal regulators that oversees operations on the nation’s freight and passenger railways. The measure extends the federal funding...
Hoffa: Final customs bill offers little more to make TPP better for workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa in response to the issuance of a House-Senate conference report on a customs...
Hudson rail tunnel project could cost $10 billion
(Source: Reuters, December 10, 2015) NEW YORK — The tunnel replacement portion of the Gateway trans-Hudson River project could cost $10 billion, according to early estimates, Patrick Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said...
Port Authority votes to assume lead role in Hudson River rail tunnel project
(Source: Bergen Record, December 10, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — New Jersey rail passengers will likely have to bear some of the burden of a $20 billion plan to dig new rail tunnels under the Hudson River, a project transportation officials say must be done before the...
Opinion: CSX’s investment in Pa. intermodal terminal a smart move
(Source: Trefis Team, December 10, 2015) NEW YORK — CSX Corporation and its partners have completed the construction of an intermodal rail terminal in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The construction of this latest intermodal terminal, which commences...
CSX breaks ground on Pa. intermodal rail terminal
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 11, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Hard hats and golden shovels were out in force last Friday at the official groundbreaking for the $60 million terminal facility being built by CSX Corp. in Stowe and McKees Rocks. Full story:...
AAR: Total weekly rail traffic down 6.6 percent from 2014 for week ending December 5
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, December 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 5, 2015. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 542,050...
CP Rail barred from using U.S. crews on cross-border trains
(Source: Globe and Mail, December 10, 2015) TORONTO — An arbitrator’s ruling has halted Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s use of U.S. crews to operate trains that cross the border into Canada. The ruling, which followed a grievance filed by the Teamsters Canada Rail...
Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman announces retirement
(Source: Railway Age, December 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman informed the Amtrak Board of Directors on Dec. 9, 2015 that he plans to retire from Amtrak in September 2016, following nearly eight years of service with the railroad....
BNSF’s Matt Rose: If NS goes, we’re in
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 10, 2015) NEW YORK — The executive chairman of BNSF Railway is fond of saying that railroad mergers don’t occur in a vacuum. Do one, says Matt Rose, and there will be another. “They always go in pairs,” he said today. With hints like...
